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| author | Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> | 2016-08-26 12:13:03 +1200 |
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| committer | Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> | 2016-08-26 12:50:25 +1200 |
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diff --git a/man/man1/rndi.1df b/man/man1/rndi.1df new file mode 100644 index 00000000..767ad148 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/rndi.1df @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +.TH RNDI 1df "August 2016" "Manual page for rndi" +.SH NAME +.B rndi +\- return a low-quality random integer +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B rndi +0 10 +.br +.B rndi +0 10 "$(rnds)" +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B rndi +returns a random integer ranging from the first argument to the second argument +in a POSIX-compliant way (using awk), using the optional third argument as a +seed. +.P +The answer returned is low-quality; given some implementations of awk and no +properly random seed, it may even return the same result if run within the same +second. This should not be used in any sort of security or statistical context. +The author wrote it to support scripts to choose a random background image from +a directory. +.SH SEE ALSO +rnda(1df), rndf(1df), rndl(1df), rnds(1df), rndn(6df) +.SH AUTHOR +Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> |